Here at Goldfish we help companies work smarter. But what does that mean? It means we are changing the way companies operate, by using new technology that we provide to aid them in improving their business performance. Our VoIP telecoms and contact centre technology helps our customers boost productivity by helping them work more efficiently and aid them in improving performance and help them lower their costs.

We have been in business since the 2010 when, during the height of the recession, we were set up by Gordon O’Neill. Since then he’s taken Goldfish from helping sole traders and SMEs get virtual numbers to provide corporate telecoms services to large international companies like IDG and Dropbox and serving customers across five continents.

Here are Gordon’s tips on you too can work smarter and, in doing so, achieve more:

YOUR VOIP QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Here we answer, in a none technical way, the most common questions people have on VoIP. Such as: what is VoIP? How does it work? How can I upgrade my phone system to VoIP to improve performance and save costs?

What is VoIP?

VoIP stands for ‘Voice over Internet Protocol’. This sounds like quite a technical term but all it means is making and receiving voice phone calls over the internet instead of through a traditional copper phone line and hardware telephone exchange.

If you are an exporter of company that has overseas clients or customers then we can help you lower your call costs. Calling international numbers doesn’t have to be expensive if you have a VoIP telephone account, so that your calls can be routed over the internet, which is much cheaper than traditional phone services.

We offer some very low cost international calls’ tarrifs. For example our customers can ring any number in the mainland US for only 1.2c per minute. That applies to all mobiles or landlines and at all times, including peak hours. The phone market in the USA doesn’t differentiate between mobiles (cellphones) or landlines and there is no peak or off-peak, so you can actually call the mainland USA at a cheaper rate than you can call Irish landlines. The only difference is that a small connection fee of 1.2c is charged per call. Hawaii and Alaska are slightly more but still great value.

Choose Your Virtual Number Now

Get new phone numbers now or transfer your existing numbers to us. Numbers for anywhere in Ireland, available immediately. Includes free voicemail-to-email. Divert to mobile, or access via VoIP handset, an app, or our new cloud-phone.

Only €5 per monthNEW OFFER: Add an unlimited mobile diversion call package for only €12.50 a month.

New to VoIP?

With the Babelphone, our new cloud phone you can make and receive all calls on VoIP landline number with only a web-browser. You no longer have to be tied to a handset on your desk or waste time downloading and configuring softphones. Now all you need to make and receive from anywhere on your numbers is access to the internet.

14th November, 2017, Dublin, Ireland: Irish telecoms firm, Goldfish, today released the Babelphone, their new cloud phone. It is a new type of phone that allows calls to be made directly from within a web-browser. The Babelphone is the first cloud phone, or browser-based phone, of its kind to be developed by an Irish company.

Designed by Goldfish, as an alternative to traditional softphones, the Babelphone simplifies how the Wicklow-based company’s customers make and receive phone calls. Some of the larger companies they work with have requested a cloud-based phone that can be accessed by their staff from anywhere, without the need for download and configuration. The result is the Babelphone, which can be accessed via a simple link, to quickly and conveniently make and receive calls through a web-browser. All calls are encrypted within Goldfish’s network.

Goldfish’s founder and CEO recently spoke at the UPRISE Festival in Dublin. UPRISE is not your normal tech event, it has been styled on the theme of an outdoor music festival, with DJs, a laidback bean-bag-approach to business and picnic tables for exhibitors instead of stands. It was great to be at such a quirky tech event and we even took a Lotus Exige sports with us that we sponsor; it went down a treat (you can see it here).

Yesterday we attended the UPRISE Festival in the Dublin’s RDS and took the nice Lotus Exige sports. It is driven by Lloyd Spendlove and sponsor it every year. But that wasn’t the star of the show, that our new web-phone the Babelfi, which launched at event.

The Babelfish is the first web-phone to be developed by an Irish company. It allows calls to be made directly from within a web-browser. So it is perfect for hot-desking, remote workers and companies, such as call centres, that want to streamline their operations.

Fans of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy will recognise the name. It was the fish that put into Arthur Dent’s ear to translate what the aliens were saying. This won’t translate foreign languages, but it will translate what you say into zeros and ones and send it across the super-fast VoIP ne

The Babelfish has been designed by Goldfish as an alternative to traditional softphones, in order to simplify how their customers, make and receive calls. Some of the larger companies they work with have requested a cloud-based phone that can be accessed by their staff from anywhere, without the need for a download and configuration. The result is the Babelfish, which can be accessed via a simple link, with all calls made and received encrypted within a web-browser.

While they are great for one or two people, if you are having a large conference call then a dial-in telephone conferencing facility is more convenient. We provide unlimited conference call facilities for only €2 per month and all you pay for is the call. That means you can have as many people on the conference call as you require.

How does it worK? It’s is very simple: we give you and your colleagues a number to dial with a PIN number. Any whom wishes to join the conference call then dials in separately from their own phones. It is a great service and one that our customers use a lot.

We’re growing and we’re hiring. We’ve a brand new telecoms role for a technical support superhero to help support our customers.

Based in our offices in Greystones, County Wicklow, this opportunity is relevant to people already in roles such as existing Technical Support Agents and also, but not restricted to, Service Desk Engineers or Network Engineers.

The Role

You’ll be dealing with customer support enquiries by phone and email on a daily basis, so you’ll need to be very comfortable in a customer focused role and have a good technical background. We provide cloud telecoms, VoIP and Quvu our contact management software to businesses across Ireland, some of which have international operations. You will be supporting our customers in their use of these products and services in the daily operation of their businesses. Continue reading →